Labor Crisis The U.S. unemployment rate is at 3.7 percent and due to low birth rates, an aging population, the great resignation, and demand for work-life balance has the forecast calling for a continued shortage of workers. At the same time IT companies are laying off workers, the Wall Street Journal reports that some CEO’s sympathize with Elon Musk’s demand that workers deliver more effort and dedication. The battle between work from home (WFH) and return to the office (RTO) still rages, with workers said to have the advantage. There is no longer a desperation for basic necessities. Even Chinese workers are now protesting workplace conditions. U.S. immigration policy does not help. Nearly one million migrants are relea...
What You Need to Know Today: There has already been a strong run of flash soybean sales announcements in recent weeks, but more than 1.4 MMT reported this morning is an exceptionally large single-day total with major implications for the market. If the sales to China and unknown destinations w...
On Friday, at 6:57 AM, President Donald Trump announced, via a social media post, a 90-day window during which up to 300,000 metric tons of product for ground beef could be imported outside of tariff-rate quotas—a move aimed at bringing down costs for American consumers. This is the secon...
From WPI Consulting
Infrastructure investment due diligence
On behalf of a Canadian oilseed processer WPI's team provided market analysis, econometric modeling and financial due diligence in support of a $24 million-dollar investment in a Ukrainian crush plant. Consistent with WPI's findings, local production to supply the plant and the facility's output have expanded exponentially since the investment. WPI has conducted parallel work on behalf of U.S., South American and European clients, both private and public, in the agri-food space.